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Democrats To Halt Senate Enterprise Over Obamacare Repeal

| Getty Democrats to halt Senate business over Obamacare repealDemocrats will grind Senate business to a halt in a protest against Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare.
Progressive groups have been pressuring Senate Democrats forcefully oppose the Republican repeal efforts.
Story Continued BelowWithout the votes to block Obamacare repeal, Democrats are turning to procedural moves they believe will underscore their most powerful argument: Republicans are hiding their repeal plan from the public and using Senate procedures to keep it a secret.
But it will force Republicans to answer for what Democrats say is a rushed process and bad policy.
Beginning Monday night, Democrats will start objecting to all unanimous consent requests in the Senate, according to a Democratic aide.